NYU Athletics

2011-12: Started 26 out of 27 games…finished third on the team in rebounds and blocked shots…recipient of team’s Jim Lancaster Award as squad’s best defensive player…pulled down a season-high 10 boards in NYU’s victory over Misericordia in the NCAA Tournament (3/1)…scored a season-high 11 points against Case Western Reserve (1/29) and Washington (2/19)…also scored 10 points in back-to-back games against New Paltz State (2/7) and Emory (2/10)…tied career highs with five assists against  Emory (1/13) and Washington (1/22), and with three blocks in a career-high 37 minutes vs. Rochester (2/12)…totaled a career-best six steals vs. Case Western Reserve (2/5)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic.

2010-11: Played in all 27 games, starting 18…finished third on the team in blocks, fourth in steals, fifth in rebounding, and fifth in assists, helping the Violets break the school record for assists in a season and lead Division III in assists per game… recipient of team’s Jim Lancaster Award as squad’s best defensive player…scored a career-high 13 points in his first career start, the season opener vs. Moravian (11/20)…scored in double figures on three other occasions, including back-to-back 10-point efforts in the NYU Holiday Classic vs. Drew (1/2) and Swarthmore (1/3)…sank a career-high three three-pointers in a nine-point, five-rebound, three-assist performance vs. TCNJ (12/8)…pulled down a career-best 11 rebounds and added four assists vs. Carnegie Mellon (2/13)…had six points and nine boards vs. Maritime (12/30)…notched eight rebounds and a career-high five assists in a career-high-tying 31 minutes vs. Old Westbury (11/28)…also had five assists vs. City Tech (12/11)…totaled eight boards and established a career high with three blocks in a season-high 31 minutes vs. Carnegie Mellon (1/16)…played a season-high 31 minutes vs. Cortland State (11/21)…totaled a season-best four steals vs. Hunter (1/11)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.

2009-10: Saw action in three contests as a reserve…scored two points in the Violets’ ECAC quarterfinal win over New Jersey City (3/3)…dished out two assists vs. Mount Saint Vincent in his first collegiate action (12/5)…grabbed two rebounds and had a steal in a season-high seven minutes vs. City Tech (12/12).

High School: Played six seasons of basketball…Jewish Hoops America First Team All-American…averaged 21 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks as his team posted its first-ever winning season (10-9)…selected to The Journal News All-Star Team…also named All-League and All-Conference…volunteered as an academic tutor, as a Jewish Basketball League coach and with Habitat for Humanity…Westchester County Basketball Court of Excellence Scholar-Athlete…named school’s Student-Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior…also played for the Minuteman Athletic Club team.

Personal: First student-athlete from Solomon Schechter to play college basketball…started for the USA Maccabiah Games team that earned a silver medal…enjoys film, music, urban culture, and collegiate marketing…plans to work as an investment banking analyst at Barclays.